COUNTY NEWS: Sussex motorist crashes car into speed camera

A Hove speed camera took a battering when a motorist crashed his car into it

Published:15:10Monday 01 June 2015

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A MOTORIST was arrested on suspicion of drink driving after crashing his car into a speed camera.

The white Vauxhall Astra was travelling westbound in Kingsway, Hove, at 5.53am yesterday, when the it spun off the road into a roadside barrier and speed camera, severely damaging the rear of the vehicle.

The driver, a 28-year-old man from Shoreham was taken to Worthing Hospital for treatment to a cut head.

He was arrested on suspicion of drink driving after providing a positive breath test.

Anyone who witnessed the incident or who saw the Astra in the area in the time leading up to it is asked to email 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk or call 101 quoting serial 313 of 31/05.